Andy Clarke is hip and mature. You almost never get both. He is a seasoned brand steward, a fancy pixel wrangler, and no mean hand at code. A triple talent. The bastard. — Jeffrey Zeldman
Based in Flintshire, North Wales, Stuff and Nonsense is a small web site design studio, led by designer and author Andy Clarke. We have built an enviable worldwide reputation because we understand that designing a fantastic web site is only part of the story. We never forget that we are designing fantastic experiences for you and for your customers. Heck, we even wrote a book about it, Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design.
Because we stay small, we take a personal interest in every web design project we help with, working with our clients long after a web site goes live.
We focus on what makes a web site fantastic — great presentation, simple usability and solid technologies that make it easy for you to grow your site. This is why our clients love us, and why they keep coming back.
It is because of this passion and our attention to the finest details, that we have attracted some big names to our small studio in North Wales. We also regularly promote creative, accessible, standards-based design in our writing, at conference, training and web site design workshops all across the world as well as in our everyday work.
Get in touch if you think that working with us would be a fun, profitable experience for both of us. (full contact form)
We just can’t stay off the road. Two years since our last road trip when we drove an RV from Phoenix to Minneapolis, we’re again heading back West and this time we’re Looking for Yogi.
Yesterday, Mike Davidson announced the sweeping redesign of msnbc.com article pages. The redesign is especially brave from a traditional news outlet business perspective as it emphasizes readability and enjoyment over page views. But I do have a minor gripe with its typography and set out to find a solution.
Yesterday Microsoft announced the third Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 9. I’ve been using this preview for a while, testing how their newest browser stands up to the examples I’ve designed for Hardboiled Web Design.
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